Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4), vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU602481242171
GPU1165880315801
Memory534209155272
UX442171188275
NanoReview Score2744741901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stabilityn/a54 %
Graphics Test143 fps36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression382.4 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) 81 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) 29 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 4320 3130
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 24 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15.3 billion
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 3 24
Shader Units 512 32
Total shader 1536 768
FLOPS 3379.2 GFLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon AI accelerator

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8750-AB n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) the clear winner in this comparison.

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